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- noun biochemistry Any of a group of
antimicrobial peptides that lyse bacterial cell membranes
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Although the largest post-mating increase occurred in immune response genes, one antimicrobial peptide, cecropin, is secreted in what appears to be a plug protecting the entrance to the oviduct.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue 2008
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